From: Jim L. <jc...@au...> - 2009-06-18 15:52:38
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In article <c03...@ma...>, Thierry Goubier <thi...@gm...> wrote: > 2009/6/17 Jim Lesurf <jc...@au...>: > > In article > > > > Thanks for the above info. When I am feeling bold enough I may now try > > using ROX on the Shuttle which does use Gnome (Ubuntu). For now, > > though, I'll keep experimenting with the laptop. > Well, even on the 1999 subnotebook, the difference in speed between XFCE > and gnome wasn't worth the change. Well, to clarify: My choice of Xubuntu for my aged laptop and Ubuntu for the Shuttle XPC had nothing to do with 'speed' of window/GUI activity. It was because: A) I simply found Ubuntu would not install on the laptop, but Xubuntu did quite easily. (I suspect if I knew more I might have got Ubuntu to install, but the hardware isn't promising so I decided to try Xubuntu. Hence I am using Xubuntu here as the easy option.) B) I found on the Shuttle that Ubuntu 9.04 was the first OS I'd tried that allowed me to get sound working correctly. In fact, once I'd sort out Ubuntu I was able to use the same methods to get the sound working correctly on the Xubuntu laptop as well. But I didn't know about that until after I'd solved the problem with Ubuntu on the Shuttle! :-) FWIW I do tend to prefer Xfce as it is looks more like the managers I used to occasionally use many years ago. And I don't really want windows to 'fade' or do other neat visual tricks. But as I get familar with Gnome I am less bothered by this, particularly as I may end up changing to ROX anyway! ;-> My impression, thus far, though is that Ubuntu is rather more well-built than Xubuntu. e.g. the snag with listen. But I hesitate to say this as my experience may be affected by my old laptop being a poor hardware basis that make my comparisons unfair. In due course it may be wiser to 'start from Ubuntu' and get things working with ROX as the filer/desktop, than do what I have been. But I'm using Xubuntu for the current experiments as I'm using the laptop for those, and it has Xubuntu installed. This lets me keep the Shuttle as a device in daily using without having to experiment with it until I am confident I won't lose being able to use it correctly. > And coming back to XFCE with the linpus linux on the netbook didn't > impress me either (things like changing display font size was still not > working too well, and overall the netbook under Ubuntu jaunty + rox > feels snappier). I may well find the same in due course. :-) Certainly, having sorted the sound hardware driving problems, Ubuntu 9.04 seems very nice on the Shuttle I am using for serious audio. Although I don't care about having fancy fades, etc, they seem harmless eye-candy. I have not tried any other current distro so can't say for sure, But Ubuntu has been good as a starting point as it largely works with no fuss and my lack of clue didn't hold up my being able to use it as a basis for learning/experiment. This is one of the reasons I'm now considering getting new laptop/notebook to replace the old laptop I'm currently using for experiments. If I had more clue I'd probably go for a small notebook, but I suspect at present that might just give me more problems I don't (yet) know how to solve. :-] Slainte, Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html |